Crime

A drinking session between two neighbours mourning the loss of another neighbour turned bitterly violent, leaving one of the men "black and blue".

The man will appear in the Kaikohe District Court on Monday.

Police believe a person critically injured after being struck by a vehicle in Dannevirke this morning was deliberately hit.

The assaults happened around Gladstone Road and Lowe Street.

A Hamilton book store owner is fed up with the "disrespectful" actions.

A 21-year-old man is facing firearms charges after a shooting in central Auckland overnight.

Police have been negotiating with a person inside a bottle store after a report of a robbery, and say one person has been arrested.

Eight men have been found guilty, but their old age, suspended sentences and prior jail time mean all will walk free.

One child was thrown off a bed and into a wall with such force that they felt their back crack.

The suspects, aged between 25 and 75, are accused of exchanging messages on Telegram with an "extremely dangerous" child sex offender.

RNZ has seen a police directive to staff saying they will also no longer be investigating allegations of shoplifting below $500, petrol drive-offs below $150 and online frauds below $1000.

15-year-old Kaea Karauria's killer has not been found.

New Zealand-born Hoane Joseph Kahu has been allowed to stay in Australia to care for family members.

Officers found 931 cannabis plants at the first drug bust.

Another person has come forward to police after RNZ reported on an investigation into a Wellington man who is the subject of multiple complaints.

Police Association president Chris Cahill says the devil will be in the details as to where funding will be focused.

The man is defending the charge of rape in a trial that began on Monday.

Ryan Brown told police he wanted to go back to jail, because he couldn't handle his drug addiction.

Abdulhassan Nabizadah was found injured on a Miramar street corner in March and died in hospital.